The Practice

Obtaining pre-judgment security by attachment of a defendant’s property is a favorite tactic for plaintiffs who bring damage actions. Why? Because attachment of property provides some assurance that the plaintiff will be able to satisfy a judgment in the event ...

Long gone are the days when merely having a firm website was enough to show you were in the game. Law firm websites have become increasingly sophisticated tools for differentiating the experience and skills of attorneys. How do you separate ...

If you have a long-term care plan, at your firm or personally, you ought to review it and determine your strategy going forward. If you haven’t yet established a LTC plan and you are over 45, you probably should get started as soon as possible.

Several months ago, a Coach’s Corner column looked at the growing momentum for non-lawyers to take an equity interest in law firms, despite prohibition of such an arrangement under American Bar Association Rule 5.4 of Professional Conduct.

Today’s lawyer has cell phone in hand, for talking and much more. Most of us have been in meetings in which attorneys with smartphones are moving their thumbs as they text, surf or otherwise exist on another planet while the ...

Regular readers of this column know that we have discussed the interesting phenomenon of law firm lateral hiring surging during the Great Recession, even as other lawyers have been let go and hiring from law schools has plummeted.